wjbell wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Just received the word through the grapevine.
>
> Roy culley and Petie K don't count.
>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Under the agreement, which ran out last month, schools buying
>> | Microsoft software receive a discount ranging between 20 to
>> | 37 per cent.
>> `----
>
> Marked as off-topic spam, Roy Schestowitz.
>
> Please keep posts on-topic to the charter of this newsgroup; Linux
> advocacy. Failing to do so disrupts the group, floods it with off-topic
> spam and plays a part in ruining the medium for everyone.
Nice of you to do selective snippage. Article from:
>> http://www.computing.co.uk/crn/news/2171922
>> /microsoft-renews-becta-contract
Was posted to indicate BECTA action, which is
>> Related:
to
>> UK Government criticised for stifling open sauce in schools
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | MP Pugh reckons shcools should support independent or open source
>> | software firms. He says, "In my experience a school is a key part
>> | of the community and as such has a role to play in the economy of
>> | that community. By supporting SMEs the local high-technology
>> | industry will be encouraged which will benefit everyone."
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36464
A continuation of the first quote is:
| âThis extension will ensure that schools can continue to benefit from the
| discounts set out in the original MoU for a further 12 months. We work on
| behalf of schools to make sure that if they choose to purchase Microsoft
| products, they can get the best value from those licensing agreements.â
Which is rebutted in the next URL:
| It claims the Department for Education and Skills favours the use of
| proprietary technologies from the likes of Microsoft. This is despite
| extensive research by the government's education ICT quango, BECTA,
| showing that schools could save millions by switching to Open Source
| software.
|
| Sue McGuire, School Governor and member of the Open Schools Alliance said
| she is "concerned with the actual economics of the DfeS argument â someone
| must be able to explain why software that is supplied free of charge is
| supposed to cost more than similar software from the wealthiest company in
| the world."
Point is, Linux, Open Office and other open source low cost/no cost software
alternatives are not being considered by the educational institution.
> See the comp.os.linux.advocacy charter, section 1.4, at:
>
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/
>
> "1.4 The Charter of comp.os.linux.advocacy
>
> The charter of comp.os.linux.advocacy is:
>
> For discussion of the benefits of Linux compared to other operating
> systems.
>
> That single sentence is the one and only charter of
> the newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy. The newsgroup's
> charter is for the newsgroup as a place for supporters
> of Linux to gather to discuss Linux, for the betterment
> of the Linux community and the promotion and development
> of Linux. It supports this as a place for those who
> would like to learn more about Linux to come to learn
> from those who know Linux. It does not call for it to be
> a place where the anti-Linux propagandists to gather in
> order to discredit Linux."
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/tree/browse_frm
/thread/49a4385926bb4f5c/3777c99a21bfad11?rnum=161&hl=en&q=bash&_done
=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.os.linux.advocacy%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread
%2F49a4385926bb4f5c%3Ftvc%3D1%26q%3Dbash%26hl%3Den
%26#doc_2fae97d754339a47
or http://tinyurl.com/yejsz4
| From: wjbell
| Subject: Re: BASH question
| Message-ID: <NXumh.8881$sR.1503@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:34:05 GMT
|
| flatfish+++ wrote:
| > Why not complain about Roy Schestowitz?
| >
| > Oh, sorry, I forgot. He is a Linux user. My mistake.
|
| These guys make shit up as they go along.
|
| They are the epitome of hypocrisy and failed logic.
This type of attack is nothing new. This is an example of "Me Too" in
http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/bigdogmetoo.htm
Notice the generalisation, "making up shit", "epitome of hypocrisy and
failed logic".
It is also an example of a misquotation of the charter to suite one's
agenda. This agenda is best expressed in the next E-mail:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/tree/browse_frm
/thread/179464d09819a253/e6b92c46bd4fab62?rnum=11&hl=en&q=New+Windows
+Worm+Discovered&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.os.linux.advocacy%2Fbrowse_frm
%2Fthread%2F179464d09819a253%2F434e466d06d3b925%3Flnk%3Dgst%26q%3DNew
+Windows+Worm+Discovered%26rnum%3D1%26hl%3Den%26#doc_e6b92c46bd4fab62
or http://tinyurl.com/yby7vy
| From: wjbell
| Subject: New Windows Worm Discovered
| Date: Sat, Jan 6 2007 8:07 am
|
| Peter Hayes wrote:
| > wjbell <wjb...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
| >> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
| >>> Discovered: January 3, 2007
| >>> Updated: January 4, 2007 09:50:50 AM PST
| >>> Type: Worm
| >>> Infection Length: 168,960 bytes
| >>> Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me,
| >>> Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
|
| >> Marked as off-topic spam, Roy Schestowitz.
|
| > Why is it off topic? It's an additional comparison bullet point between
| > Linux and Windows and as such is a perfectly valid topic for a
| > discussion group dedicated to the comparison of Linux and other OSs.
This is the troll's punchline:
| No, it's a slam on windows, plain and simple.
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HPT
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